The
chief priest of all the shrines and oracles in Inwelle Ogidi community, Chief
Felix Obika hinted that Governor Obiano is a traditionalist who respects the
ancestors and believes in the efficacy of the spirits, oracles and deities
which earned him victory for All Progressive Grand Alliance, in the state House
of Assembly.
He
said the spirit world did it for Governor Obiano as a way to enable him relax
and continue in his infrastructural development of the state.
Obika
said: “On assumption of office the Governor vowed to sack kidnappers and armed
robbers who have been terrorizing the state and he had the support of the gods
that helped him to clear them.
“It
took the people of the spiritual world which Obiano belongs to, oracles and
deities for APGA victory, so that Obiano will be free in piloting the affairs
of the state”.
Obika
who will celebrates his second Ofala festival come next Saturday April 25 revealed
that it would mark the end of Igweship crisis in Ogidi and commencement of the installation
of a new traditional ruler for the people.
“Ogidi
refused to know their ancestors and it is the reason why they have no
traditional ruler but after this 25th April Ofala this month, in this Ire
Inwelle shrine, the Igwe will be produced”, he hinted.
The
Ofala, he said will unite the people and make them to love themselves for the
emergence of a king that will be a wealthy youth.
“On
that day people who have been blessed by the gods will come with all manners of
gifts as thanks-giving for being blessed.
Some
promised to build houses, purchase vehicles, cows, sheep and other gifts as a
reciprocal to what the gods did to them”, he disclosed.
In
their various remarks, the legal adviser to Ezechumagha, father of Ogidi
–Inwelle, Patrick C. Agbata and Chief Obi Anyansi Ezenwamadu, said that the
Ofala is a transition for the better adding that the Igwe to be would be a
wealth, educated youth.
“The
contest for the Igweship position will be thrown open for those who are equal
to the task as it is not for selfish people”, they stated.
Ogidi as a community has no monarch in
the past decade and unless something is done urgently may continue to be
without one.
